Chief Art Acevedo: The visit took place during a campaign, yet not a peep of the visit went public.

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Chief Art Acevedo
@ArtAcevedo
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Jan 20, 2021
On Thursday Sept 12, 2019, a @houstonpolice officer was shot by a suspect shortly after the end of the @DNC Presidential Debate @TexasSouthern. 3 days later @JoeBiden called me to check in on our officer and stated the following:

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“If you think it would be helpful to his spirit and recovery, I would like to visit him at the hospital. No media, I am simply want to lift his spirits.” After checking with the officer and his family, then Vice-President Biden and I visited the officer and his family.

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The visit took place during a campaign, yet not a peep of the visit went public. The officer, his family, & hospital staff were all lifted by the visit.

I share this today to illustrate the decency of the man who we now call Mr. President, although he prefers to be called Joe.

Officer Taylor Roccaforte just text these two photos and asked me to share them.

Taylor, his dad Sam (40 year HPD vet, and 3 years with HFD), @JoeBiden, during the September 15, 2019, hospital visit.
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